Ruth M. J. Byrne

Ruth M.J.Byrne, FTCD, MRIA (born 1962) is an Irish cognitive scientist and author of several books on human reasoning, including The Rational Imagination: How People Create Alternatives to Reality (2005, MIT Press), Deduction (1991, co-author Philip Johnson-Laird, Erlbaum), and Human Reasoning (1993, with Jonathan Evans & Stephen Newstead, Erlbaum). Information on her scientific articles is available at Reasoning and Imagination Lab

She is currently the Professor of Cognitive Science, in the Institute of Neuroscience & School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin. She is the former Vice Provost of Trinity College Dublin.

Resume

• Professor of Cognitive Science (Personal Chair) at Trinity College Dublin since 2005
• Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2007
• Vice Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 2005 to 2008
• Associate Professor in Psychology Trinity College Dublin from 1999 to 2005
• Fellow of Trinity College Dublin in 1995
• Lecturer in Psychology Trinity College Dublin from 1991 to 1999
• College Lecturer in Computer Science University College Dublin in 1991
• Lecturer in Psychology Cardiff University from 1989 to 1991
• Research Scientist at Applied Psychology Unit Cambridge, from 1986 to 1989
• PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Trinity College Dublin in 1987
• BA degree in Psychology from University College Dublin in 1983

External links

• Ruth Byrne TCD
• reasoning and imagination lab
• Interview in "The Psychologist"